MLB's AtBat (iPhone app) is using graphics/models from MLB The Show (Playstation 3 game) to substitute for live video (er, they have live video, but you have to pay for it... the "virtual" mode is free)

Compare this with a screenshot of the PS3 game here:
www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/MLBtheShow2011-bat...
Back in my NYU days (2004) we were scheming up ways to watch MLB and NFL games on our mobile phones......